Hi Alex,
Here what I understood:
o := Object new.
WeakRegistry default add: o. "a shallow copy of o is registered"
o := nil.
Smalltalk garbageCollect.
"the shallow copy of o will receive the finalize message"
Cheers,
#Luc
2011/8/26 Alex Schenkman <[email protected]>
> Let's see if I get this right:
>
> obj := Object new.
> objExecutor := obj executor.
> obj := nil.
> Smalltalk garbageCollect.
>
> Will this execute the method finalize on objExecutor?
> Is this the way to use it?
>
> Thanks!
>
> On Friday, August 26, 2011 at 5:53 PM, Igor Stasenko wrote:
>
> On 26 August 2011 16:29, Alex Schenkman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi List:
> Is there a method being called right befire an object is being garbage
> collected (finalized)?
> I see toFinalizeSend: to: with:, but I do not see any senders.
> thanks in advance!
>
>
> Squeak finalization is a post-mortem finalization. The #finalize
> message are sent to executor object,
> which is often a shallow copy of the object which is died.
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Igor Stasenko AKA sig.
>
>
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